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JOSEPH ELLIS GUENTHER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 11, 1945 – October 7, 1968
Service recordJoseph Ellis Guenther, of Akron, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 24
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Akron, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 24
- DAVIS EDWIN HARDYSergeant · October 7, 1968
- HILTON HAYES JRPrivate First Class · October 7, 1968
- SHELDON DALE HOSKINSCorporal · October 7, 1968
- BILLY RANDOLPH JEFFERSONCorporal · October 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- AARON FLOYD FERGUSONPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 23
- RAMON AGUILAR FLORESPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 23
- NATHANIEL KELLEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 41W, Line 25
- ROY ROBERT KOENIGCorporal · Panel 41W, Line 25
- WALTER GARLAND RICE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 26
- WILLIAM CONRAD SHUMANSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 27
- KENNETH HOWARD SILLSCorporal · Panel 41W, Line 27
From Akron
- PAUL R HELTSLEY IIIPrivate First Class · July 17, 1964
- ANDREW MILLARD KEACaptain · May 16, 1965
- GEORGE HOWARD FRAZEE JRSergeant · May 28, 1965
- FRANK WILLARD WILSONCorporal · June 6, 1965
- ROBERT DUANE STEPANOVSpecialist Four · July 5, 1965
- RICHARD WEBSTERSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- WAYNE HULEN ROWLANDPrivate First Class · April 17, 1966
- RICHARD DOUGLAS HOGARTHFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1966
- JOSEPH STANLEY VESELY JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- JAMES QUINEL AYDLETTFirst Lieutenant · July 11, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.